TOPSIS Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling Approach for Biolubricant Selection for Two-Stroke Petrol Engines

Masoud Dehghani Soufi, Barat Ghobadian, Gholamhassan Najafi, Mohammad Reza Sabzimaleki and Talal Yusaf
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Masoud Dehghani Soufi: Biosystems Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P.O.Box 14115-111, Tehran 11732, Iran
Barat Ghobadian: Biosystems Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P.O.Box 14115-111, Tehran 11732, Iran
Gholamhassan Najafi: Biosystems Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P.O.Box 14115-111, Tehran 11732, Iran
Mohammad Reza Sabzimaleki: Biosystems Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, P.O.Box 14115-111, Tehran 11732, Iran
Talal Yusaf: Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: Exhaust pollutants from two-stroke petrol engines are a problem for the environment. Biolubricants are a new generation of renewable and eco-friendly vegetable-based lubricants, which have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. In this paper, the applicability of the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method to support the process of building the scoring system for selecting an appropriate two-stroke lubricant has been analyzed. For this purpose, biolubricants (TMP-triesters) based on castor oil, palm oil, and waste cooking oil were produced and then utilized in a 200 cc two-stroke gasoline engine to investigate their effects on its performance and exhaust emissions. The results obtained from the use of the entropy technique in the TOPSIS algorithm showed that palm oil-based lubricant took up the greatest distance from the Negative Ideal Solution (NIS) and was selected as the most optimal lubricant for these types of engines.

Keywords: two-stroke; biolubricant; technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS); engine oil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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